Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1884. Original printed yellow wrappers. 174, [2] pp. Untrimmed. Very Good. Ackerman was President of the Illinois Central Railroad. He presented this as "A Paper Read Before the Chicago Historical Society, Tuesday Evening, February 20, 1883." Notes are by John Wentworth. "Also, An Appendix with the..... More
[Montreal? 1892?]. Large oblong 8vo, with illustrated covers. 87, [5] pp. Printed on glossy paper. Front free endpaper detached but present. A bit shaken. Else Very Good. More
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[Los Angeles]: 1926. Broadsheet, 9-1/4" x 16"; folded to make 8-panel brochure, 9-1/4" x 4". Printed with black ink on buff background. Photographic bust illustration of founder Sidney P. Dones wearing a three piece suit and touching his hand to his chin. Some staining. Good+. Eureka Villa, founded in 1924..... More
Lowell [MA]: D. Bixby & Co, 1849. 28, [1], [3 blank] pp. Disbound. Very Good. Aiken studied factories and wages in England, Scotland, and Ireland. He concluded that laborers got paid less there than in Lowell, then a leading textile manufacturing center. In the United States, "as capital has been..... More
[np Akron? nd, 1849?]. 4pp, folded, generously margined. Good+. Signed in type at the end, 'T.H. Goodwin, Pres't. A. Hibbard, Sec'y.' Fixing charges for payment of water-rents, the by-laws assess different rates for private families or stores, grocers, and public houses; place on each user the burden of the cost..... More
Montgomery, Ala. Gibson & Whitfield- State Printers, 1865. 30, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Some pages toned and foxed, Good+. The Comptroller, M.A. Chisholm, notes that, from May 1865, until "the date of the inauguration of the Provisional Government, July 20th, 1865, the operation of this office..... More
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[New York? 1897]. Broadsheet, 9 1/2" x 12". With a small, oval half-tone portrait. On recto, at the bottom, printed in red: 'Norton Hall, Granville, N.Y., Thursday Eve., Dec. 30, 1897.' Near Fine. A rare announcement of a public entertainment-- "Not a Lecture. But a Budget of Jewels, Sparkling, Pathetic..... More
55th Cong., 2d. Sess. [Washington: 1898]. 5, [1] pp.[with] EIGHT OTHER BILLS ON 5975, DURING THIS SESSION, through its House Passage in March 1898. Quarto, bound together in new plain wrappers. Institutional stamps, some blank edge chipping, Good+. Extending the homestead laws to Alaska, and creating easements for railroads and..... More
Omaha, Neb. Republican Printing House, 1882. 16pp, stitched in original printed wrappers, with wrapper title as issued. Rear wrapper detached. Light scattered spotting, short closed upper margin tear throughout [through the running title, but no loss of text]. Else Very Good. The pamphlet prints detailed information, garnered "from personal interviews..... More
Reading, PA: Von Carl Friederich Egelmann, [1848]. 32pp. Stitched. Original printed wrappers [margin-chipped, dustsoiled]. Front wrapper with black and white illustration. Black and white illustrations throughout text. Light uniform tanning, scattered foxing. Some chipping and wear to edges. Pencil and ink markings in margins throughout text. Good. Printed in German..... More
New York: Sold by D. Felt & Co. Boston: Published by Charles Ellms, Agent, [1834]. 47, [1] pp, profusely illustrated. Illustrated title page captioned, 'Dangerous Attempt to Destroy a Hawk's Nest.' Last page a full-page woodcut captioned, 'The Dead Elephant--- A Scene in India.' Disbound, glue remnant along inside margin..... More
New York: [Douglas McMurtrie], 1937. Original printed wrappers, light wear. 386 Lots. Annotated, sometimes messily. Very Good. With desirable early and presidential Americana. More
New York: [Douglas McMurtrie], 1926. Original printed and decorated wrappers [nearly detached, old tape at spine ends]. Unpaginated, but a thick catalogue. 550 items, some illustrations. Thorough descriptions of the lots. Very Good. Turner was a wealthy businessman, a principal of the Standard Rope & Twine Co., and a discerning..... More
New York: [Douglas McMurtrie], 1925. Original printed and decorated wrappers [detached from text block but present and clean, except for a chip at spinehead]. Unpaginated, 818 items. Very Good. An enviable array of wonderful Americana from Dormitzer [1862-1935], a wealthy importer-exporter and avid collector. More
New York: American Bureau of Mines, 1866. 44pp, stitched. Original printed wrappers [front wrapper detached but present]. Else Very Good. A Report, by Thomas Egleston on behalf of the American Bureau of Mines, on the topography of Omaha; the Platte and its tributaries and their valleys; the geology of the..... More
San Francisco: Commercial Publishing Company, 31 California St. 1889. 73, [1 blank] pp. Original printed front wrapper with wrapper title [as issued], disbound. A clean text, signed in ink on the last text page and on the front wrapper by Mitchell. Except as noted, Very Good [offered with] .... ARGUMENT..... More
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[Milwaukee: Swain and Tate, 1891]. Contemporary half morocco and marbled cloth [rebacked in dark cloth tape?]. 180, [1], [1 blank] pp. Many illustrations of Whist moves. Front inner hinge cracked, clean text. Else Very Good. Boldly inscribed on the front free endpaper by Edward Cherrill, Carthage, Illinois, June 18th, 1891..... More
London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1731. [4], viii, 48pp, stitched with the half title. Mild dusting, untrimmed, Very Good. [offered with] A PROPER REPLY TO A LATE SCURRILOUS LIBEL; INTITLED, SEDITION AND DEFAMATION DISPLAY'D. BY CALEB D'ANVERS, OF GRAY'S-INN, ESQ. London: Printed for R. Francklin. 1731. 36pp, stitched. Upper corner..... More
Farmington, Maine: 1865. 26pp, disbound. Several manuscript corrections, Good+. The Company was incorporated in 1848. More
Boston: J.E. Hinckley and Company, 1834. 12pp. Original printed wrappers [some chips and a few closed tears, minor foxing], stitched. Very Good. Appleton, the Massachusetts industrialist, headed the Boston Committee. It protests "the measures of the President in the removal of the deposites from the Bank of the United States..... More
Prescott, Arizona: Friday Evening, August 10, 1877. Folio broadsheet, 10-3/8" x 16." Four columns per page, light uniform toning. Couple of shallow chips to blank edges. Very Good. Three of the four columns on the verso are a virtual directory of Prescott business establishments: furniture, "general merchandise," druggist, groceries, bakery..... More
[London: Association of Architects, 1793]. [2], 31, [1 blank] pp. Original plain blue wrappers, stitched, untrimmed. Very Good. Dates and publishing information appear at the end of the introduction. The Resolutions applied to all lots on the Duke of Bedford's estates. They were designed to enhance fire safety, primarily by..... More
[Atlanta: 1874]. Broadsheet, 10" x 13" and printed in four columns. Light wear, Very Good. The Report provides analyses "of most of the leading guanos and phosphates that are sold in this State." Included also are articlues by Mark W. Johnson of Atlanta on Cheap Corn Culture, using the Thomas..... More
[Atlanta: 1884]. Broadside, 6" x 9-3/8". Fine. A new firm was birthed by J.M. McCombs, F.M. McCombs, and George Taylor of Boston "under the firm name of McCombs, Taylor & Co., and will continue the business of the Atlanta Machine Works in all its various branches... Our Mr. Taylor who..... More
[Atlanta: 1883]. Broadside, 5-3/8" x 8-1/2". Very Good. More